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Asteroid-Sampling Mission Moves into Development

NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.

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Orbital diagram of asteroid 1998 QE2

Asteroid 1998 QE2 to Sail Past Earth

Asteroid 1998 QE2 will get no closer than about 3.6 million miles at time of closest approach on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. Pacific (4:59 p.m. Eastern).

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A blue-white comet burns through the blackness, tail blazing southwest of a bright point of white light

Hubble Captures Comet ISON

This image of Comet ISON was captured April 10, when the comet was slightly closer to the Sun than Jupiter, 386 million miles, or 394 million miles ...

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Comet Tempel 1

How to Target an Asteroid

The hunt is on for methods to aim a spacecraft at an asteroid.

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NEOCam sensor

NASA-Funded Asteroid Tracking Sensor Passes Key Test

An infrared sensor that could improve NASA's future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design test.

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Fireball Streaking over Russia

Fireball Sstreaking over Russia

This photograph of the meteor streaking through the sky above Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Feb. 15, 2013, was taken by a local, M. Ahmetvaleev. The small asteroid was about 56 to 66 feet (17 to 20 meters) ...

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Asteroid 2012 DA14 and the Eta Carinae Nebula

Asteroid 2012 DA14 and the Eta Carinae Nebula

This image shows asteroid 2012 DA14 and the Eta Carinae Nebula, with the white box highlighting the asteroid's path. The image was taken using a 3" refractor equipped with a color CCD camera. The ...

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Asteroid 2012 DA14 as Seen from Siding Spring, ...

Animated gif of asteroid DA14 flying through a starry field of view

This animated set of images, from the telescope known as the iTelescope.net Siding Spring Observatory, shows asteroid 2012 DA14 as the streak moving from left to right in the field of view. The ...

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